- UNLV Music Professor Awarded Grant from Nevada Arts CouncilAdam Schroeder, saxophone professor and assistant director of UNLV jazz, was recently awarded a fully-funded grant from the Nevada Arts Council for performing artists in their funding cycle for Jan. 1-June 30, 2023. This grant will help bring to fruition a celebration of the music of jazz trumpet and jazz educator legend, Mr. Clark Terry, who was also the first Black musician shown on network TV…
- School of Music Student Selected for the 2023 NATS Intern ProgramDMA student Olivia Yokers was selected for the 2023 NATS Intern Program. Sponsored by the National Association of Teachers of Singing, this prestigious program pairs early-career voice teachers with veteran teachers who mentor them as vocal pedagogues. The program will take place May 30-June 9 on the campus of West Chester University in West Chester, PA. Carole Blankenship, director of the 2023…
- Klai Juba Wald’s Architecture Lecture Series ReturnsKlai Juba Wald is equally proud of its namesake lecture series, founded in 1997 for the UNLV School of Architecture, bridging professional practice, academia and the community, always expanding awareness and understanding the value of design in our world. Klai Juba Wald is grateful to and celebrates the longevity of its many loyal, committed employees and remains “proud of every endeavor – our…
- UNLV Music Student Places Third at the Vann Vocal InstituteMM student Claudia Affan placed 3rd in the competition at the prestigious Vann Vocal Institute sponsored by the Montgomery Symphony Association in Montgomery, Alabama. The Vann Vocal Institute is a two-day event mainly consisting of masterclasses. The faculty choose the top nine singers once the masterclasses have concluded. The top nine then are put on a snap recital…
- EED Wins big at CESBeasley Media Group and UNLV announced the winners of the inaugural Media Innovation Hackathon at CES 2019 The Second Place Prize in the contest went to: Augmented Reality (AR) Headset for Tourism Award: $2,500 Team: Aldair Callejas (entertainment engineering and design), Peter Hernandez (computer science), and Edison Smith (biology) Faculty mentor: Si "SJ" Kim (…
- The Nevada State Museum welcomed a new donations box built by Entertainment Engineering and Design students at UNLVThe Nevada State Museum, Las Vegas on Friday (Feb. 16) welcomed a new donations box depicting a three-dimensional model of the state fossil – the ichthyosaur – that was designed and built by Entertainment Engineering and Design students at UNLV. The box features several tracks so that donors can race coins past the ichthyosaur into a tank below. The Greek name translates to “fish lizard…